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Pioneering online tool targets improved decision making in Iraq

Iraq Spatial provides over 200 indicators, including macroeconomic, sectoral, climate, biophysical, and socio-economic data at the national, subnational, and pixel level. The tool enables users to target policies where they are most needed.

Developing a national seed strategy for Iraq

Ineffective seed legislation and strategies are perceived as one of the most significant barriers to improving food security and agricultural production in Iraq. HSAD partners are working with the Ministry of Agriculture to identify policy and regulatory constraints and initiate an appropriate reform and legislative agenda that is capable of effectively raising the productive capacity of Iraq’s agricultural sector.

Promoting conservation agriculture

Conservation agriculture is a sustainable and cost-effective approach to crop management that balances yields, conserves resources, and increases efficiency. HSAD partners are prioritizing the practice as a means of mitigating biophysical constraints and sustaining production against a backdrop of climate change –in Iraq and beyond.

Improving extension services

Improving water security for remote villages

A lack of water is the primary constraint to agricultural growth and food security for a large number of Iraq’s rural communities. So a readily-available and predictable water supply will bring a real boost to crop yields – to improve livelihoods and nutrition across many areas

Sustainable pest management

Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a practical and environmentally-sound approach to pest control, is being tested, refined, and transferred to Iraqi date palm farmers. Recent successes suggest the intervention has the potential to raise productivity and incomes throughout Iraq and the dry areas of the world.

A coordination meeting in Erbil between HSAD and a team from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (IKR-MOAWR) has identified a number of initiatives to help build productivity and incomes in the Kurdistan region.

A recent training course aimed at improving wheat breeding in Iraq, and Kurdistan in particular, brought together participants from Basrah, the Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MOAWR) in Erbil, Sulimanya, Duhok, and Garmyan.

A recent meeting was held between members of the Ministry of Agriculture, HSAD, University of Salahddinah, and Iraqi-Kurdistan region officials, to agree the management and implementation of a new water harvesting project.

At a recent three-day workshop, held at the Qushtapa seed cleaning factory in Erbil, Ministry of Agriculture officials learned how to operate mobile seed cleaning machines. The staff who participated in the workshop will now train other trainers.

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